Letters To The Editor

My previously published letters to the editor, listed chronologically with the most recent first. Any new letters will be added as they appear.

Compelling Argument, June 3, 2012, The Tampa Bay Times - Liberals are right not to trust the government in administering the death penalty, but the same arguments hold true for economic matters as well.

"Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master." – George Washington

"Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty." – Thomas Jefferson

"Liberty is not a means to a political end. It is itself the highest political end." – Lord Acton

"Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men." - Ayn Rand

"Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong." - Ayn Rand

"I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine." - Ayn Rand

"It only stands to reason that where there's sacrifice, there's someone collecting the sacrificial offerings. Where there's service, there is someone being served. The man who speaks to you of sacrifice is speaking of slaves and masters, and intends to be the master." - Ayn Rand